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, GRINFILL BLAKE, (5)11"l TAUNTN,V MASSACHUSETTS.

Letters Partant No. v1(.)3,008, dated .May 17, 1870.

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The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part c! the lame To all whom it may concern.-

Be it knownthat GRLNFILL BLAKE, of Taunton', I

iu the countyA of Bristol and State of Massachusetts,

1 have invented cer -iinnew and useful Improvements in Rein-Hooks; an `that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the sume, reference being had to the accompanying drawings makingu part ot' this specification, in whieh Figure 1 is a side view, and p Figure` 2, a top or birds-eye view oi' the hook.-

A is the hook;

the spring; C, theopening between the hook and spring; ,screws to secure thehook S, :t rivet securing the spring B to the hook A'.

The nature of my invention consists in so securing the hook that the reins, when lullig upon it, cannot be-tghrown out.

Itis :t well-known fact that, when the Vcommon rein-hook is used, the horse, by the switching motion of hstail, is liable to strike the reins, und throw them'from the hook, and, dropping down, they are often found in the mud under the horses feet.

to the carriage The hook is made of' metal, and is, secured, by means of the screws D D, in its usual place on the under side of a. carriage-top.

To the plate or foot of the hook, at S, the spring B i is secured, this spring being of sufficient width to cover well the point-of the hook, and cxtendingu short distance beyond it. v

The hook is ofthe general form shown in fig. 1, and

:it its point Ul'fturns outward and downward, so as to leave u suiiicientpening between the spring und the pointot' the hook, for the quick und' easy introduction ot'. thereins.

This makes u sut'e und'secure hold-fest for the driving-reins, from which theyca-nnot be dislodged by any accidentel motion whatever.

What I claim usfmy invention, und desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

Theabove-described rein-hook, constructed as shown and described, and provided with a spring, ns u new article of manufixcture.

GRIN FILL BLAKE. Witnesses:

J. M. CUsHMsN,

L. T. TALBOT. 

